Amit Sundra, 53, outside Ram Chander & Sons toy shop in New Delhi. He is the fifth-generation owner of the family-run shop that opened in 1932. All photos: Taniya Dutta / The National
Amit's father Satish, 86. His grandfather opened the shop in Ambala in 1830. His father moved it to New Delhi in 1932
The shop is believed to be India’s oldest toy store
Toys fill the shop windows
The shop sells German-made Rolls-Royce models, plus replicas of Peppa Pig and the Avengers
A man stops to look in the shop's window
The store stocks a wide collection of airplane models and cuddly toys
The shop also sells board games and puzzles
The store enjoys a prime position in India's capital
For decades after independence, the shop enjoyed the reputation of being the place to go to buy imported toys
